The Dillon tribune., 1887-07-15
GLEANlNGS FROM THE ROCKIES.
Events Transpirins IN Our sister >tate'
and Territories.

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\ vein OF coal 20 feet thick has been dis
covered near Payette Idaho. {
a site will BE- located in Colorado, in
September, Tor soldiers home.
Ed. Holden, miner, was killed by u
blast in the Virginius mine at
Ouray, Col. !
The Richmond Mining Company OF
Eureka has declared its 4,st dividend of
five shillings per share amounting 10 Si3,.
500.
There is a general strike Of section hands
on the Walla Walla division Of the q. K.
& n. Cause, lowering Of wages and cut
ting down Of time.
Three skeletons have been found ur the
Sweetwater, in Wyoming, by cowboys.
They arc supposed to be the remains OF
Chinese refugees from Rock Springs.
Manager Potter Of the U. p. has decided
to move the railroad shops from Eagle
Rock to- Pocatcllo. lie says the change
must be made in the interest Of economy
and efficiency.
The Kctchun, h'eystoxe complains al the
U. r. Freight rate which charges $50 per
ton for ore from there to Omaha and SIS
on bullion, claiming that everywhere else
tho rate on ore is lower than the rate on
bullion.
Ben Holiday, the old.time overland
stage man, who owned the principal lines
ON the Pacific coast previous to to the con.
struction Of tho railroads, died on the 9th
inst. in hospital at Portland. Oregon
aged nearly Is years.
lnarow about water near Pla,tcvile
Weld county. on the Sth, Marion McCau
J lev hit Iohn Hicks over the head with
!. shovel, and Hicks died Of the blow tht
same night. \ coroner's jury returned
! verdict Of cxcusablc homicide.
: During last week the Con. Cal. n. Va
milled 2,,1 tons 1870 pounds OF ORE tn
. battery samples OF which averaged $3394
p Bullion valued a, $lo3,5,55s was sh'ppe'
TO San Francisco on the 9TH and $1s,oo
r remained on hand at the end Of the week.
u Sam Summerfield suicidcd in King
y CITY, Gala, on receiving letter from on
e OF his children saying that the mo.her wa
sick and wanted him to come hon'
Sam had been passing for single ma
and was engaged to be married 10
i. widow.
II A constable in attempting to stop Il ro'
d in Palousa City, w. IT,, between som
5. railroad graders. was knocked dow" by
J. Swedc named Pete Olson. Hc imn,
d dia,ely arose and shot Olson dead
a Coroner's Jury rendered a verdict OF JUS,
s. fable homicide.
II The twcntv.six .\pactcs who were c
~ the warpa,h recently found and tortured
IL death four American prospcctors, who
III names arc not known, but whose bo'ii
" were at Ianos, in condition OF horrib
&c mutia,ion, hands and feet cut oil, and
H. one instance eyclids cut away
" &c. Johnson, an innocent ranchcr vi
p went from Arizona To San Francisco
- p.t a wife, was caught by matrimoni
- fakir; The "bridc stayed with him ~
weeks and then skipped with drumm'
-. taking along the rich dresses, ]cwelry al
money that Johnson had lavishcd on her.
al The timbcrs Tor the erection OF ut
(S- I rir,,r lNn
:" For, Lcmhi Idaho) at the old hiehbrid
's crossing are now on the Sround. In
"' the new bridge is completed the coac!
o' from the Fort will run by the old Indian ro
S to the Agency, where they connect w
''' the old road asain-H"or"''.
rh. bodies of the six miners who W.
imprisoned in the mine at Virgin" "
N.v last week. were found ON the Il
g., ;,s, in the old shaft $50 feet from
~, WINE, All were lying close toscts'
~. rh.. cave prevented them reaching
~ w;nxc. The bodies were rccoSn'za''
Several o: the relief party we're overco
by gas
IA Wood River Ndaho) Times: Has:
Il" Kennedy has been brought up from sol
eP point along the Snake river and lodged
Ca the county Jail at this place, TO await
ser result OF preliminary examination VIII
no he will have next week. lie was arres
{" nm suspicion OF numbering Peter Hopc a
'"' William f.. Dawson, two placer miners,
'of the ,,nd day OF last October HIS 81
posed accomplicc is still at large. Inc
~. res, had long been decided upon; but "